Dancing and drumming were part of an October 2011 celebration of the Lenni-Lenape at the Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center in Chatham.

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Laura Martin
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A land once inhibited by the indigenous Lenni-Lenape American Indian tribe, Scheyichbi had fertile soil, forests full of animals to hunt, and rivers, streams and oceans rich with fish, clams and oysters.

For many years Scheyichbi was a place where the Lenni-Lenape - which means "original people" in the Lenape language - could live in peace with "full bellies," says the Rev. John Norwood, a Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation councilman based in Moorestown. ...